resentment is still bubbling up right at the presidential palace in cairo as egypt's president morsi refuses to back down from his controversial political dr drew a long awaited address to the nation. united last rebels join president assad in dismissing washington's chemical weapons fears as media against the wall it was invasion fleetest of poised on syria's borders. plus one step forward one step that i go just as the american standard slash of the cold war era nor limiting trade it improves a reserve bank on a certain russian officials provoking a promise of a similar move from moscow. you're

watching live from moscow with me to bond with their good to have you with us this afternoon along to the bridge of state address by egypt's president morsi has failed to silence the angry voices on the streets of cairo protesters claim he still ignored the key demands by volume to push on with a referendum on an islamist led constitution that from cairo based reporter. president mohamed morsi basically stuck by his decisions he said in his speech he said this consulate curation which was very contentious very people described it as a power grab was essential basically in the transition period to democracy and very important protecting the constituent assembly which drafted the constitution to the we get to this point we're going to have a referendum on the constitution next week he also blames. parties for the violence that we saw on the streets in cairo on wednesday between anti and pro brotherhood

supporters he said better third parties backed by foreign funding had infiltrated the groups and caused the violence and he blamed some opposition groups he said those serving the remnants of the former regime to overthrow his legitimacy authority and basically rejected any use of violence in the form of protesting however he did call for dialogue he asked opposition forces to meet him on saturday the eight to december to talk through some of the points that they have with this constitution and he said he might as well step back to an article six of the contentious constitution that duration which basically said that as the president he could do pretty much anything in the in the interest of protecting the nation thousands gathered at the presidential palace in opposition to president morsi is decision my colleague tom barton who was there on the scene and has this report some of the protesters behind me trying to move the barricades that have been put

up by the army in front of the presidential palace. very tense stand off the. crowd. chanting slogans such as we want the junk all of the regime calling. how much more sees. the other side. and there was this it was a standoff between pro and anti mohamed morsi pretty. some of the country's top judges and the opposition like the people here on one side very much against iraq they say it doesn't provide rights for minorities within. the course of these muslim brotherhood supporters on the other side of things the opposite i think that's one suggestion is justified the coalition of opposition forces who are running a sit in into her square the national revolution front issued a statement saying that they would not have dialogue with the president until he

rescinds his decree there are also unfortunately violent clashes in other parts of the city outside the muslim brotherhood headquarters which was reportedly torched so really at the moment here in egypt there hasn't been there is a lot of anger and it still remains very divided the path to europe's hardest things begins under the black seemed you said paul is natural gas faith as russia begins laying a new pipeline all the way to the center of the european union at the hague. the chemicals around syria is receiving a skeptical responds and not only from assad's government but now the very people seeking to bring him down a senior rebel official has dismissed washington's reports that assad was arming chemical warheads saying it was all part of a media game but as r.t. is gonna change again reports even fabricated allegations can prove deadly. u.s.

officials said intelligence agencies have detected that assad's government has been preparing its chemical weapons stockpiles for possible use the obama administration's message to syria the u.s. is ready to act if you make the tragic mistake of using these weapons there will be consequences and you will be held accountable there will be consequences. there will be consequences we have sent a unmistakable message that this would cross a red line next how does america the media quickly picked up on the alarming news of the syrian government's alleged plans citing secret intelligence for fox news confirms that syrian troops now have the deadly nerve agent sarin gas weaponized and at the ready the syrian government flatly denied the possibility saying it would not use such weapons against its people. we would not commit suicide we feel there's a conspiracy to provide a pretext for any subsequent interventions in syria by these countries during

creasing pressure on syria the syrian government sure knows that if they use chemical weapons it would give nato and some of their arab neighbors who are itching to intervene in syria the green light to go ahead with their plans damascus itself says it would be suicidal for them to do so but with the fear and the hype building up over the use of chemical weapons against civilians in syria it seems the u.s. might be preparing grounds to jump the gun on this one the jumping the gun scenario is not new for the u.s. almost ten years ago the bush administration confidently presented false evidence to invade iraq america's cited bogus intelligence on saddam hussein's chemical weapons that never existed the invasion triggered a civil war that killed more than one hundred thousand innocent iraqis and years later all washington had to say about this was the president thought it was correct congress thought it was of course i regret that it turned out a lot of it was wrong in the run up to the iraq invasion the us media was

instrumental in selling the case to the public the congress never had any proof ever present ever of weapons of mass destruction all came from tony blair to the bush and congress who writes now that the u.s. has drawn a red line on syria it has made it clear it's ready to take action but how i'm not going to telegraph in any specifics what we would do in the event of. a credible evidence that the assad regime has resorted to using chemical weapons against their own people but suffice it to say we are certainly planning to. take action if that eventuality were to occur to american warships are already near the syrian coast with some ten thousand. u.s. marines and dozens of fighter jets on board on top of that nato is sending american german and dutch batteries of patriot anti-aircraft missiles to turkey's border

with syria meaning hundreds more u.s. and european troops will be deployed to the frontier nato says deploying patriot missiles along syrian borders is a defensive step to prevent syria from attacking turkey i don't think there's any requirement whatsoever for patriot batteries on the ground in turkey again the patriot missiles are designed to really protect primarily against incoming to ballistic missiles to recruit the syrians or not the turks the turks of the most powerful military establishment in the region the largest army in nato and intervention in syria will be as bad if not worse than what we experienced in iraq the pentagon said they would need seventy five thousand troops to secure syria's weapons of mass destruction the question on everyone's mind is are they seriously considering that kind of a mess of intervention because that could mean another iraq coming soon an invasion that could be followed by years of bloody civil war in washington i'm going to check on. and all the world focuses on the author of chemical weapons some rebels

are cooking up and testing their own line of the story about how a pair of allies rebels and gas forever. the same supporters. there's a fresh diplomatic spat between russia and the u.s. after the american senate approved a travel ban on certain russian officials accused of human rights violations its cause anger and promises of an eye for an eye response from moscow as archie as you see catherine off reports. the diplomatic row was sparked by a provision a controversial provision in u.s. passed legislation that essentially normalizes trade relations between the two countries is the magnitsky act after moscow attorney who tragically died in two thousand and nine. the legislation seeks to name and shame russian officials allegedly involved in corruption an offense effectively forbids them from traveling

to and investing in the united states now this move was met with a furious response here in moscow with the russian foreign ministry saying publicly that it is nothing quote but a vindictive desire to counter russia in world affairs it is quote perplexing and prosperous to hear human rights complaints from the united states where torture and kidnappings are illegal in the twenty first century they went on to tweet that quote apparently washington has forgotten what year it is and still thinks the cold war is going on the u.s. decision to impose visa and financial sanctions on certain russian citizens is like something out of the theater of the absurd russian foreign minister say because they're gay lover of had said that in response russia will be imposing a similar travel ban against american officials accused of human rights violations now we know that this could have been of course a more joyous day for the two countries democrats gas was tacked on to the repeal of the so-called jackson that an amendment to this has was imposed in the one nine

hundred seventy s. and the collectively was a result of the cold war but now that russian trade relations are normalized we do have this new diplomatic spat over the magnitsky act now the reaction in europe to this has been quite mixed we heard from two former british foreign secretaries who have called for a similar ban to be imposed in the u.k. meanwhile the french ambassador here in moscow had said that his country is not going to be following suit with that kind of legislation so again mixed reaction but certainly a lot of fear. and negative feelings between the two former cold war those the united states and moscow. there's a very tasty pint baking away in a head but there may be just too many knives waiting to come about this life later the energy hungry follow the india and china struggling to share regional missiles that the u.s. already thirty the new to pay. a

forty nine year old southern california man was thrown in prison and charged with possessing materials to make an explosive device all because of his rather unusual wristwatch despite the bomb squad saying that his watch was not a weapon here either custody for twenty four hours and was charged with the crime anyways a spokesman for the el meter county sheriff's department said that the man's watch had all the components to make an improvised explosive device minus the explosive material you know having a lighter in your pocket is also everything you need to self exposure minus the gun powder but before we make a victim out of this watch where i have to point out one thing the watch she was wearing was designed to look like some sort of bomb with fuses and wires and switches so who's more idiotic someone who wears a device that looks like

a bomb on an airplane or a government who convict someone for having the components of a bomb without that bit of the bomb that makes a blow up i'd say both are pretty dumb but that's just my opinion. the issues that so much about me and i mean it is a chemise we've got people at area the rise of civilizations for over a century there have been predictions of western decline given the global financial crisis that started in two thousand and. you mean speak your language. programs and documentaries in arabic it's all here on. reporting from the world's hotspots skiffy ip interviews intriguing story for you. then try. to find out more visit our big teeth don't call.

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favorite. t.v. is not required to watch all its all you need is your mobile device to watch r.t. any time. this is our team it will be all going to the south stream later today with construction all the undersea pipeline set to begin at an official ceremony the project the joint undertaking by europe's biggest energy giants and is expected to satisfy both south and eastern europe separated for guests. has more now on the multi-billion euro job. on this called winter day in may not sim like it but this beach is a gateway to fun and sun the sun when you russians during their holidays and now this place will also become a gateway for russian gas into europe this day marks the start of the construction

of one of the most ambitious and certainly expensive supply systems on earth now the pipeline. will go directly from the black sea to bulgaria and on to greece italy and austria the project was dreamed up under the idea the more the merrier in other words the more product lines the more secure the delivery to customers will be now it's a need that arose after transit countries ukraine in particular disrupted deliveries on the number of occasions in the past fifty percent of the pipeline will be owned by russian allergy giant gazprom the rest of it with its leave france and germany however may need a euro question whether this project is if it needed critics say that a whopping twenty billion dollars cost for a pipeline is way too much especially in current times of economic recession but it seems these fears are not enough to stop

a project like this was the big question will be hoping beyond the choppy waters the face of our own the very seat they will be going directly under. they just being a battle for resources as well with the two regional powerhouse as china and india meeting at the will feel to feed their growing hunger but as a nation squabble over who gets the biggest slice of the oil and gas cakes could be others waiting to sneak in and pinch the lot as our teasing r.p. squad up reports new delhi and beijing heading for a game over if they don't find common ground. as china and india rise economically their military muscles are growing as well both need energy to keep that kind of growth going and that may be putting the two asian giants on a collision course because of the mess that nationalism the indian government cannot afford to be seem to be weak in dealing with china obviously

a higher power with government. over two hundred billion barrels of oil and large amounts of natural gas that's more than the vast majority of the world's energy rich nations have all hidden under the south china sea china claims most of the territory for itself but india has also managed to get access by buying a stake in a vietnamese gas field shortly after hanoi accuse chinese boats of sandwich dodging exploration india warned it's ready to use force to defend its interests hopefully as i said that should not lead to a longer term conflict but you know it's it's a new inevitable because both these countries now large ambitions of becoming global actors and players both china and india have been pumping billions of u.s. dollars into their armies and navies holding drills on a regular basis and beijing has also announced its police will soon start to board and inspect foreign vessels surely the vast oil reserves in the south china sea are

just too big of a cash for now they're trying out working here to pass up what i really want to accomplish between the two economic power houses so is it really a game that neither can win the two asian giants can't afford any weaknesses and that would make it easier for other countries to take a bite of the vast resources the u.s. has long been increasing its economic and military presence in the region this in yes there west strike to pick this expansion bible in the china in terms of the last. four balls or dead. the last thing that the world is a military clash so if the two eastern powerhouses can share nicely the kashmir very well go to some other players already prowling on the sidelines you've got this kind of. russia's prime minister has rebuffed like his actions that the government is tightening the screws in the country saying that the critics of new legislations donta wanted to live by the rules the statement was majoring dimitri

meant he had a q. and a session with some of russia's main media outlets she's alessio to ask you have more on this story joins us now live. can you flesh out more what did you it would have meant by this well one of the most important questions asked by journalists was concerning you tough legislation in russia and the accusations from the opposition that these laws the new laws are being some whatever over reaction to mass protests are being repressive and. that question the prime minister came up with a very stern. just the last people often say that legislation is repressive anti liberal or something else just as an excuse not to abide by it so they decided you know this law was designed to stop some political tendency therefore i won't follow it i think that you know this approach is wrong we have to

be law abiding citizens. one of the above mentioned laws concerned the activities of foreign n.g.o.s in the country and as a result of this legislation being being introduced in russia the u.s. aid organization the united states agency for international development was shown the door for what the foreign ministry believed to be manipulating the electoral process that happened in october and the prime minister said that this new regulations concerning the ngos activities in russia is nothing different to how it's being done everywhere across the world in particular in the united states. if we're not talking about expelling the so called agency and labeling them as illegal god forbid what we're trying to say is that extra rules will be applied to those who carry out political activities in russia and are funded from abroad and these rules will be just the same as used by any other state in the world could you imagine if an american n.g.o.s received money from the russian budget i think it

will cause a national scandal is that. the prime minister also touched upon the fight against corruption in russia and said that this fight will continue despite that it sometimes may harm the ruling party's image just like it happened with a huge corruption scandal in the defense ministry with the defense minister being sacked after what so sad that no official regardless of how he how he is will be safe from facing any punishment should he or she be found in them and or any kind of corruption in their governmental bodies. well they'll certainly be many talking about some of these controversial rhetoric. thank you for. coming out we head to our washington studio for capital account with laura lister that's after the break here on.

i mean isn't this true even for specialists how a voice can produce several sounds it warms but we didn't use the art of throat singing comes naturally picked up like a language. a language of communicating with nature it said that's where throat singing originates from the unions believe not only animals but also all surrounding objects like reverse tourists and even stones souls by imitating the sounds they believe assumes to capture the power of nature. was. there are special instruments that accompany the singing give gainey says there is

even a legend about his instrument a gil it says it wants to lift a poor shefford who had the best horse that won every competition but jealous people killed it on the horse was revived as an instrument book at those that have suffered a fall is because of the spirit of the horse coming to his dream and said make an instrument from the tree the sounding board from the leather of my face the strings . and to remember me make an engraving of my head part of the instrument he did so i called the instrument again which means come back and this melody only suman is called. to fly as one of the most famous groups in the republic there. next goal is to tour broad they say for you are p. and since difficult to pick up and sing so i ask them to teach me and see if i can

do it little you cheer it up. share it oh you. did that was sure to say can ya who was you think oh. but now it is part of the song and not the actual throat singing which i wouldn't even try to repeat. so maybe you have to be born here to be able to sing like this i thought so until i met she looks like a venial and even speaks their language but she is from japan. most of us to modern minds from two hundred years ago until sappy here she's not planning a professional singing career she keeps practicing just because it's become part of her nature.

good afternoon welcome to capital account i'm more in leicester here in washington d.c. these are your headlines bird thursday december sixth two thousand while it seems to be at the center of the u.s. as current fiscal blows in the debate over them. when it comes to raising taxes on the wealthy or those making more than two the fifty thousand dollars if republicans do not agree to that is the administration prepared to go over the fiscal cliff oh absolutely. absolutely but when it comes to the u.s. is economic problems does this tax debate or even this fiscal cliff debate begin to scratch the surface of the crisis all former republican strategist author and historian kevin phillips is here with lessons we can learn from seventeen seventy

five the subject of his latest book that many a politician may benefit from actually reading. from a long time and paul church i don't do it anymore books boys much so you do not read a history book. there you go and the f.c.c. is reportedly investigating deutsche bank providing twelve billion dollars in derivatives trading losses in two thousand and eight yeah yeah how does a list of alleged bad bank behavior how is good capitalism though being driven out by bad capitalism oh we'll break it down and word of the day plus alan greenspan says a painless solution to the u.s. debt is a fantasy finally something we can agree on more in loose change let's get to today's capital account.

our guest kevin phillips made a name for himself in the late one nine hundred sixty s. as a g.o.p. operative who coined the phrase and wrote the book the emerging republican majority predicting the rise of the republican party by securing the south for a generation fast forward though and now he's writing about revolution in particular seven hundred seventy five which he says was a good year for it that was of course when the american revolution was going on and when it comes to this war he gets into economic factors that may not have gone down as saliently in mainstream history as taxation without representation but were major roles nonetheless among them was the inability of colonists to manage their own monetary affairs because of british policies also overindebtedness that was in part the result and the brits control of trade which required certain commodities to actually pass through middlemen all the way over london now to delve into what we can learn from this history as the u.s.

faces its modern economic problems earlier i spoke to kevin phillips he's a former white house strategist to president richard nixon he's also author of many books including his latest seven hundred seventy five a good year for revolution i first asked about the problem of overindebtedness it was an issue in seven hundred seventy five i asked how that would compare to what we see now. overindebtedness at this point. it's. ten different flavors i mean you've got the government has way too much there so you have private credit whether it's for mortgages credit cards or just simply private various forms and that. they have talked about trying to do you know leverage the credit market debt in this country is extraordinary but there hasn't been much work done should their total credit market maybe has been reduced by four five six percent now.